From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part II, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
g minor → A flat major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
9 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
Me, when the sun begins to fling |
His flaring beams, me goddess bring |
To arched walks of twilight groves, |
And shadows brown that Sylvan loves; |
There in close covert by some brook, |
Where no profaner eye may look. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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